Daily Reading
The Habitat of Our Soul
February 23, 2025
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For every beautiful being God created, he has provided a habitat in which to flourish. Brook trout thrive happily in cold mountain streams. If you were to put them in the warm waters of the Caribbean, they would die. Stingrays, however, love that warm salt water; transfer them to a mountain stream and they will not survive a day.
Cloud forests cannot abide desert conditions. Coral reefs cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. The examples are nearly infinite—each beautiful creation has its perfect habitat.
We do too.
Human beings are meant to live within the safety of God, drawing our nourishment from our union with him. Not only believing in God but living within him.
We are also made to flourish in the fullness of God’s Kingdom, part of which is this world we see—coffee with friends, bike rides, a good book. Part we cannot see but is equally necessary—the refuge of the Almighty and the vast wonders of God’s Kingdom.
Not only is the world we live in constantly pulling you out of the habitat for which you are made, it is conditioning your soul against finding your way home.
The life of the ordinary mystic will help you get back.
That’s what we are after.
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For every beautiful being God created, he has provided a habitat in which to flourish. Brook trout thrive happily in cold mountain streams. If you were to put them in the warm waters of the Caribbean, they would die. Stingrays, however, love that warm salt water; transfer them to a mountain stream and they will not survive a day.
Cloud forests cannot abide desert conditions. Coral reefs cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. The examples are nearly infinite—each beautiful creation has its perfect habitat.
We do too.
Human beings are meant to live within the safety of God, drawing our nourishment from our union with him. Not only believing in God but living within him.
We are also made to flourish in the fullness of God’s Kingdom, part of which is this world we see—coffee with friends, bike rides, a good book. Part we cannot see but is equally necessary—the refuge of the Almighty and the vast wonders of God’s Kingdom.
Not only is the world we live in constantly pulling you out of the habitat for which you are made, it is conditioning your soul against finding your way home.
The life of the ordinary mystic will help you get back.
That’s what we are after.
Want More? Order your copy of Experience Jesus. Really. today